Spanish–English L2 speakers’ use of subcategorization bias information in the resolution of temporary ambiguity during second language reading Export

@article{citeulike:3383623, abstract = {Using a self-paced moving window reading paradigm, we examine the degree to which structural commitments made while 60 Spanish\&\#x2013;English L2 speakers read syntactically ambiguous sentences in their second language (L2) are constrained by the verb\&\#x2019;s lexical entry about its preferred structural environment (i.e., subcategorization bias). The ambiguity under investigation arises because a noun phrase immediately following a verb can be parsed as either the direct object of the verb \&\#x2018;The CIA director confirmed the rumor when he testified before Congress\&\#x2019;, or as the subject of an embedded complement \&\#x2018;The CIA director confirmed the rumor could mean a security leak\&\#x2019;. In an experiment with 59 monolingual English participants, we replicate the findings reported in the previous literature demonstrating that native speakers are guided by subcategorization bias information during sentence interpretation. In a bilingual experiment, we then show that L2 subcategorization biases influence L2 sentence interpretation. The results indicate that L2 speakers keep track of the relative frequencies of verb-subcategorization alternatives and use this information when building structure in the L2.}, author = {Dussias, P. and Cramerscaltz, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {3383623}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.09.004}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0001691807001011}, doi = {10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.09.004}, issn = {00016918}, journal = {Acta Psychologica}, keywords = {ambiguity, bias, bilingual, comprehension, english, l2, psycholinguistics, sentence, spanish, subcategorization, syntactic}, month = {July}, number = {3}, pages = {501--513}, posted-at = {2008-10-07 16:35:30}, priority = {2}, title = {Spanish–English L2 speakers' use of subcategorization bias information in the resolution of temporary ambiguity during second language reading}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.09.004}, volume = {128}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3383623 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3383623 N2 - Using a self-paced moving window reading paradigm, we examine the degree to which structural commitments made while 60 Spanish–English L2 speakers read syntactically ambiguous sentences in their second language (L2) are constrained by the verb’s lexical entry about its preferred structural environment (i.e., subcategorization bias). The ambiguity under investigation arises because a noun phrase immediately following a verb can be parsed as either the direct object of the verb ‘The CIA director confirmed the rumor when he testified before Congress’, or as the subject of an embedded complement ‘The CIA director confirmed the rumor could mean a security leak’. In an experiment with 59 monolingual English participants, we replicate the findings reported in the previous literature demonstrating that native speakers are guided by subcategorization bias information during sentence interpretation. In a bilingual experiment, we then show that L2 subcategorization biases influence L2 sentence interpretation. The results indicate that L2 speakers keep track of the relative frequencies of verb-subcategorization alternatives and use this information when building structure in the L2. IS - 3 JF - Acta Psychologica SN - 00016918 EP - 513 TI - Spanish–English L2 speakers’ use of subcategorization bias information in the resolution of temporary ambiguity during second language reading VL - 128 SP - 501 KW - ambiguity KW - bias KW - bilingual KW - comprehension KW - english KW - l2 KW - psycholinguistics KW - sentence KW - spanish KW - subcategorization KW - syntactic AU - Dussias, P AU - Cramerscaltz, T PY - 2008/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2007.09.004 ER -